[k-roc]

Mayfly owns and operates Abel and Ross, in Montrose, CO. I heard they just bought an established rod company, does anyone know who it is?
My guess is Winston.
They are going to announce it at the show in Denver this weekend.

 

[The Dude]

Interesting stuff. I worked for Ross Reels right after Mayfly acquired them from Orvis in 2014. Their new digs look pretty sweet.

 

[k-roc]

They built a sprawling complex so they certainly need to fill up some of that space!

 

[Fishshoot]

Scott is in Montrose too

 

[The Dude]

Yup pretty crazy considering Montrose is a dump compared to most of CO. Scott moved down from T-Ride. Just reached out to a buddy still there. He said they didn't buy any Rod co. So, we'll see.

 

[k-roc]

Cheap real estate though in Montrose, compared to T-Ride.

 

[Fishshoot]

Cheap real estate though in Montrose, compared to T-Ride.

lol 99.9% of real estate is cheap compared to telluride. I was building some places in mountain village in 99 and woman said those are gonna be most expensive places here by ft2. I think it was like $800 ft2. Can’t find much there under $1200 ft2 now. Plumbers on job used to commute from montrose and lots of folks still do.

 

[The Dude]

Wow. Yeah T-Ride is probably my favorite town in CO. Not great fishing in town but, a lot of cool stuff around. Plus it's hard to beat the vibe there. I saw somewhere that Vail Resorts added them to their mega pass. Which is lame.

 

[k-roc]

Looks like it’s not a rod company, but a fly line co.!

 

[The Dude]

Which one?

 

[k-roc]

Airflo apparently, i scoured the net this AM but did not see any confirmation. Maybe they are still negotiating?
I’m not normally a gossiper, lol, but heard this from a good source, we’ll see if it pans out.

 

[The Dude]

You were spot on k-roc

https://sgbonline.com/mayfly-outdoors-acquires-airflo/

 

[k-roc]

I bet Mayfly wants to be another Farbank, I'm sure the hunt is on for a rod brand to pick up.

 

[Fishshoot]

As long as they don’t mess with Abel, I don’t mind what else they buy!

 

[The Dude]

I was thinking the same thing K-Roc. Kinda sad to see everything moving to a few conglomerates owning it all. What rod co's are there really? Maybe they'll pick up Moonshine Rods.

 

[k-roc]

they probably want something high end to complement Abel and Ross.

 

[The Dude]

Ha. I was kidding. Yeah something like Scott, Winston, etc.

 

[k-roc]

Scott won't budge, they love being independent.

 

[The Dude]

Yeah independent but, owned by a member of the Ford family.